Tuesday, July 6, 2010

06-Jul-2010 AM clippings

Enjoy:

40 Apps pulled from the Apple App Store after 40 of the 50 top- selling books are found to be not books and have no reviews:
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/200503/apps_disappear_from_app_store_amid_hacking_complaints.html

All Finns now have the right of access to a 1Mbit broadband connection. 100Mbit promised by 2015:
http://globalthoughtz.com/2010/07/access-to-broadband-internet-connection-a-legal-right-in-finland/

US Newspaper uses Open Source production software for a day to celebrate Independence Day:
http://sar.jrcbenfranklin.com/top-news/07/04/ben-franklin-day-at-the-saratogian-a-declaration-of-independence-from-newsroom-software-with-video

A quick survey of 24 users by PC World suggests that ebooks are not as easy to read as the old dead-tree version:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2366065,00.asp

And finally. Why do the youngsters get all the fun? Well, here's a playground in the UK designed for pensioners:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-511253/Playtime-Grandma-Council-opens-new-playground-60s.html

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